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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
349 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WIRT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT.
* AT 349 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.8 AND 1.5 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
ELIZABETH, PALESTINE, MORRISTOWN, CHERRY AND ROCKPORT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 77 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159
AND 166.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LITTLE KANAWHA RIVER, LEFT FORK SANDY CREEK, ROAD RUN, CHESTNUT
RUN, ROCKCAMP RUN, NORTH FORK LEE CREEK, DEAVER FORK, TYGART CREEK,
TWO RIPPLE RUN, BUCK CREEK, BEAR RUN, BURGESS RUN, STANDINGSTONE
CREEK, BURNING SPRINGS RUN, LEFT FORK STRAIGHT CREEK, STRAIGHT
CREEK, BALLARD RUN, LITTLE TYGART CREEK, REEDY CREEK, HOLMES RUN,
LYNNCAMP RUN, RATCLIFF RUN, SLATE CREEK, POND CREEK, SOUTH FORK
HUGHES RIVER, BUELL FORK, TUCKER CREEK, FIVEMILE RUN AND OIL ROCK
RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE,
800 401 9535, WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3906 8161 3914 8156 3915 8150 3906 8127
3906 8125 3904 8125 3904 8124 3903 8123
3904 8122 3904 8121 3898 8125 3902 8151
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
04
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